--- title: 'The Mauritanian (2021)' type: 'film' director: 'Kevin Macdonald' released: '2021-01-01' runtime_minutes: 129 certification: 'R' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mauritanian-2021' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4761112/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Mauritanian (2021) 2021 · R · 129 min · United Kingdom, United States ## Synopsis The Mauritanian is a 2021 legal drama film based on the memoir of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian man who was held from 2002 to 2016 without charge in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a United States military prison. The film was directed by Kevin Macdonald, based on a screenplay written by M.B. Traven, Rory Haines, and Sohrab Noshirvani, adapted from Slahi's 2015 memoir Guantánamo Diary. It stars Tahar Rahim as Slahi, and also features Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Zachary Levi in supporting roles. ## Credits - **Producer:** [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://cinepixo.com/people/benedict-cumberbatch), [Lloyd Levin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-levin), [Michael Bronner](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-bronner) - **Director:** [Kevin Macdonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-macdonald) - **Screenplay:** [Michael Bronner](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-bronner) - **Director of Photography:** [Alwin H. Küchler](https://cinepixo.com/people/alwin-h-kuchler) - **Editor:** [Justine Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/justine-wright) ## Cast - [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://cinepixo.com/people/benedict-cumberbatch) - [Alaa Safi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alaa-safi) - [Tahar Rahim](https://cinepixo.com/people/tahar-rahim) as Mohamedou Ould Slahi - [Shailene Woodley](https://cinepixo.com/people/shailene-woodley) - [Jodie Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/jodie-foster) - [Denis Ménochet](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-menochet) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: https://www.themauritanian.movie Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mauritanian-2021 Film facts: Wikidata (Q83726435); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.